40:42-3 - Construction - New Jersey Statutes

40:42-3.  Construction    No provision of this subtitle shall be construed to take from any officer, board or body in any municipality any power or authority which he or it may now  have.  In case any additional power is conferred upon any municipality by this  subtitle and no board or body is designated by the statutes effective in such  municipality as the one that exercises such power, then the term "governing  body"  shall be construed to mean the board or body exercising general  legislative power in such municipality.